Can I be 'allergic' to absorbable sutures? The itch started primarily at and around my incision ... called them today and was told that since the hives/itch are moving around it's likely not due to sutures ...

i personally wish to remove my sutures on my knee--they have been in for 12 day. The wound looks good and has healed well. I do have a sterile suture removal tray I am a retired registered nurse ...

Hello, I had an arm lift surgery 6 weeks ago with dissolvable stiches. What can I do to help my body dissolve these stiches which are very uncomfortable.

I have had several sugeries, where my new Doctor is trying to correct by removing suchers I am allergic , but he has not been able to get them all. Now he said he needs to go back deeper in my abdomen to find the rest. is there another way this...

from there and other sutures (which seems to be non-purulent). Otherwise healing appears to be going ...Hi Chandan, I m a 24 year old male circumcised 9 days ago. Think one or two of the sutures ...

Hello Dr. Chetna. I wanted to know about c-section delivery stitches. i got my c-section delivery done on last August 2009. but my stitches are like swollen. it is not paining for me, but still i feel uncomfortable. i asked many of my friends,...

I recently had removal of some tissue on my back due to a malignant melanoma, the sutures where removed but I have one sticking up out of the skin. When trying to pull it out it caused tenting ...

Hi, I had a operation on my leg a 15 days before.After stitch have removed doctor told me to keep in air then only it will cure.But after some days the center portion of the stitched areas got hole and starts bleeding.I rushed nearest hospital and...

I delivered a baby 3 1/2 wks ago and had some vaginal tearing that the doctor repaired with dissolvable sutures. The sutures have still not dissolved and are causing me itching and discomfort ...

Hi there, About 1 month ago I had a cyst removed on the top of my head....everything was fine when the stiches were removed on March 5th, but now it s bleeding a bit when I touch it, sometimes it is itchy...do you think that it might be infected?...

Can you use absorbable sutures to correct congenital penile curvature? Additionally, can penile ... correct itself without the need for sutures? ...

i had my appendix removed october 17th now my cuts have healed but one of them lower under my bellybutton healed with a bump i thought no big deal as it was nothing on the sheet that said i should worry after discharge now i pressed on the pump...

Dear Dr. Samuel, Three days ago I had a 1/4 incision stitched - .the suture at the site of the incision is an inch in length. Presently there is a sunken area in the centre of the suture with swellings ...